Hawk-Eye: Tahir finds lift to hit England

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During the truncated fourth day’s play at Headingley today, Imran Tahir
managed to turn the ball into and away from the England batsmen for. Several
times the South Africa spinner threw down a googly that, as intended,
managed to react off the pitch and spin the other way.

The leg spinner also found some bounce in the wicket, which provided a useful
alternative to his flatter deliveries and would have left the England
management team further food for thought over their omission of Graeme Swann.

To left-handers Tahir picked up wickets with balls that were on the off stump.
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